Ornate, complex, and anomalous are characteristics that could render graphic design unapproachable, but in the dextrous hands (and mind) of Catelijne van Middelkoop these are adjectives that only begin to…

Interaction is not new, but almost very day–a least every few months—new software designed for use on the web makes it easier, if not necessary, for the audience to play an integral role in the design process. Designers have long created hierarchies of information, but now linking to a vast array of ideas…

Catelijne van Middelkoop comes from The Netherlands, and studied art history & archeology at the University of Amsterdam, followed by studies at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague, 2000 and Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, US…

Strange Attractors (The Hague/New York). --- With a deadline quickly approaching, the curators of ‘FiFFteen’ a traveling exhibition about the FontFont type library wanted something dynamic: an animated type specimen that would showcase as many…

This catalogue contains a juried selection of the best graphic design in Europe in 2006. The hardcover book of 200 pages showcases 139 successful submissions from the European Design Awards 2007 including winners, merits and finalists. Our entry ‘TokyoChat’ was…

Every design problem deserves a unique and custom-drafted solution; therefore, we do not differentiate between cultural and commercial projects. We seek rich experiences and distinct messages, so we utilize typography as a tool to offer a diversity of custom alternatives to (neo)modernistic generic communication…

A collection of cutting-edge work that illustrates how designers are implementing their ideas spatially. Tactile shows how graphic design is moving into three-dimensional objects and products. The innovative examples documented in the book demonstrate how designers are developing and implementing…

In this digital age of computer-generated graphics and typography, it’s refreshing to find typographers who still believe in working by hand. No longer relegated to designer’s sketchbooks, hand-drawn type has emerged from the underground as a dynamic vehicle for visual communication from magazine, book…

This museum installation by Dutch-American duo Strange Attractors stopped me in my tracks. A commentary on messaging, materials, craft, personality–this piece has much to say. I was struck at first by the beauty of the hand-drawn letterforms and how they were…

Whether it takes the form of typography, type designs, posters, catalogues, digital animations, CD covers, or 3D installations, their work is a polemic against the depersonalizing effects of modernist typography and design. Such projects are often decried as being superficial, but that…

Catelijne van Middelkoop and Ryan Pescatore Frisk are the founders of the design studio Strange Attractors, which works in a remarkably personal way with typography, graphic design and new media. Trained in the traditions of the Royal Academy of Art in…

Based in The Hague, the Netherlands, the international design firm Strange Attractors was founded five years ago by Ryan Pescatore Frisk and Catelijne van Middelkoop. Their work reflects a keen interest in the intertwining of culture, media, context…